• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.653-660
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• 2021

Renewable energy resources are rapidly becoming an integral part of electricity generation portfolios around the world due to declining costs, government subsidies, and corporate sustainability goal. Interacting wind, solar, and load forecast errors can create significant unpredictable impacts on the distribution system, feeder congestion, voltage standard and reactive power stability margins. These impacts will be increasing with the increasing penetration levels of variable renewable generation in the power systems. There is a limit to the maximum amount of renewable energy sources that can be connected in a distribution feeder by the connection rule of transmission & distribution facility in Korea. This study represents the decision plans of hosting capacity for distribution feeders without the need for significant upgrades to the existing transmission infrastructure. Especially, the paper suggests and discusses the hosting capacity standard of feeder cables and minimum load calculation of distribution feeders.

• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.357-371
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• 2023

In cable tunnel construction using TBM, the vertical shaft is an essential structure for entrance and exit of TBM equipment and power lines. Since a shaft penetrates the ground vertically, it often encounters rock mass. Blasting or rock splitting methods, which are mainly used to the rock excavation, cause public complaints due to the noise, vibration and road occupation. Therefore, mechanical excavation using vertical shaft excavation machine are considered as an alternative to the conventional methods. However, at the current level of technology, the vertical excavation machine has limitation in its performance when applied for high strength rock with a compressive strength of more than 120 MPa. In this study, the potential utilization of waterjet technology as an excavation assistance method was investigated to improve mechanical excavation performance in the hard rock formations. Rock cutting experiments were conducted to verify the cutting performance of the abrasive waterjet. Based on the experimental result, it was found that ensuring excavation performance with respect to changing in ground conditions can be achieved by adjusting waterjet parameters such as standoff distance, traverse speed and water pressure. In addition, based on the relationship between excavation performance, uniaxial compressive strength and RQD, it was suggested that excavation performance could be improved by artificially creating joints using the abrasive waterjet. It is expected that these research results can be utilized as fundamental data for the introduction of vertical shaft excavation machines in the future.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.263-273
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• 2019

South Korea's OF cable is reaching its expected design life of 30 years, and as a result, the risk of failure is increasing. Therefore, it is necessary to diagnose the long-term operating OF cables through accurate diagnosis at the right time to prevent the failure. Currently, the KEPCO periodically conducts DGA. However, the gas found in DGA is caused by oil deterioration as well as insulation paper. Therefore, the analysis of the degree of polymerization and furan compounds which is an evaluation of insulation paper considered to be the life of OF cables is required. In addition, the results of the evaluation of deterioration of insulation paper need to be checked for correlation with the results of DGA. In this study, DGA carried out through GC, the degree of polymerization was analyzed using an automatic viscometer, and HPLC was used to detect the furan compounds. In addition, the obtained results were applied to the SVM technique, which was recently introduced to determine abnormalities in OF cable. And the results which were accurate and reliable were obtained.

• Environmental and Resource Economics Review
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.77-105
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• 2023

This paper investigates the management stability of KOSPI-listed energy public enterprises from the perspective of median voter theory. We analyze the profitability and stability of five energy public enterprises during the period 2011~2022, and conduct an empirical analysis to determine whether they are related to the preferences of median voters who can represent the general public. Our analysis of the profitability and stability of the energy public enterprises shows that the stability of their has been deteriorating in recent years. The results of the empirical analysis also show that the management stability of the energy public enterprises is related to the preference of median voter. Specifically, they indicate that when the median voter's income is smaller than the average income, the profitability of the utility decreases and the debt ratio increases. This paper suggests that from the median voter's point of view, excessive utility and energy bills may strengthen the incentives for governments and politicians to suppress rate increases, leading to lower profitability and higher debt for public enterprises.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.259-268
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• 2016

KEPCO installed AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) metering system for low-voltage customers from 2008. AMI metering system of KEPCO has operated 2.55 million customers and will plan to operate 22 million customers until 2020. KEPCO developed AMI NMS (Network Management System) to operate the meter reading network efficiently. NMS monitors the network status of DCUs (Data Concentration Unit) and modems. NMS provides functionalities of data collection and analysis. It collects property data of network device, network topology information, communication performance information, fault information, and etc. It analyzes collected data and controls network devices by remote access. AMI NMS collects about 370 MIBs (Mangement Information Bases) using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). This paper introduces main functionalities, designed context, and implemented service screen.

• JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORLD
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• s.413
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• pp.68-72
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• 2011

33년간 전기산업계에 몸 담아 온 전기인으로서 역사와 전통을 자랑하는 '제46회 전기의 날' 기념식에서 은탑산업훈장이라는 큰 상을 수상하게 되어 개인적으로 매우 영광스럽게 생각합니다. 이 자리를 빌려 정부, 협회 등 관계자 여러분께 감사의 말씀을 드립니다.라는 소회를 시작으로 진행된 허엽 본부장과의 인터뷰를 통해 KEPCO 비전 달성의 주역이자 첨병역할을 자임한 건설 본부의 의지가 읽혀졌다. 허 본부장은 이를 위해 창의적인 아이디어 발굴과 실행 중심의 혁신문화가 조화롭게 정착될 수 있도록 한층 활기찬 건설 본부를 만들어 나가겠다는 포부와 함께 친환경, 민원문제에 따른 선제적인 대응노력 선진화는 물론, 50년 한전 건설의 노하우에 최첨단 신기술 신공법을 효율적으로 접목함으로써 세계 최고의 송배전기술력으로 승부수를 띄운다는 포석이다. 이를 통해 KEPCO를 글로벌 탑의 반열에 끌어 올리는데 중추적인 역할을 수행해 나가겠다는 각오 역시 거듭 밝혔다.

• JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL WORLD
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• s.287
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• pp.63-67
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• 2000

한국전력공사 울진원자력본부는 지난 6월 12일 경상북도로부터 $\lceil$자율환경관리기업$\rfloor$으로 선정되었다. 경상북도는 도내 공단을 제외한 환경오염물질 배출업소 5,234개 기업체 중 엄격한 심사와 현장 확인 등을 통해 울진원자력본부 등 6개 업체를 경상북도 최초의 자율환경관리기업으로 선정하고 2000년 6월부터 2003년 6월까지 선정된 각 업체의 모든 환경관리를 자율적으로 관리하도록 하는 $\lceil$자율환경관리협약$\rfloor$을 체결하였다. 이는 국내 원자력발전소로서는 처음으로 울진원자력본부가 행정기관으로부터 환경친화기업으로 인정받았다는 점에서 그 의의가 매우 크며, 또한 그 동안의 원자력발전소 환경관리에 대한 외부의 부정적인 인식을 크게 바꾸는 좋은 계기가 되었다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.416-418
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• 2003

한국전력공사에서는 전압원 인버터형 FACTS 기기인 UFPC를 전남 강진군 강진변전소에 설치하였다. 강진 UPFC는 한전과 (주)효성이 공동으로 투자하고, 지멘스와의 기술제휴를 통해 개발하였으며, 40MVA 병럴인버터, 40MVA 직렬인버터로 구성되어 총 80MVA 용량이다. 강진 UPFC는 GTO를 이용한 3레벨 인버터 모듈 20MVA 총 4대로 구성되어 있으며, STATCOM, SSSC, UPFC의 3가지 운전모드를 갖는다. 현재 병렬인버터는 강진 모선전압 제어, 직렬인버터는 강진-장흥간의 조류제어에 기여하며, 상용운전 중이다. 본 논문에서는 강진 UPFC의 운전결과 및 효과를 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.1615-1617
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• 2003

건설 중인 한국전력공사 765 kV 신태백 및 신가평변전소 GIS에 적용한 UHF 부분방전 센서의 사양을 제시하고 이에 대한 설명을 하였다. 또한 765 kV GIS에 센서를 취부하여 시험을 통해 센서의 주파수 특성시험과 감도 특성시험을 하였다. 아울러 센서성능을 측정하는 데에 필요한 장치와 회로를 보였고 시험결과를 이용하여 한전 사양을 충족시키는 방안을 제시하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10c
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• pp.211-213
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• 2005

한국전력공사에서는 전압원 인버터형 FACTS 기기인 UPFC를 전남 강진군 강진변전소에 설치(2003. 5. 23준공) 운전하였다. 강진 UPFC는 한전과 (주)효성이 공동으로 투자하고, 지멘스와의 기술제휴를 통해 개발하였으며, 40MVA 병렬인버터, 40MVA 직렬인버터로 구성되어 총 80MVA 용량이다. 준공이후 2년여에 걸친 운전으로, 강진 UPFC의 고장정지는 현저히 줄었다. 본 논문에서는 강진 UPFC의 주요 이벤트, 고장해소 및 설비의 신뢰성 향상을 위한 대응 조치들에 대해 정리하였다.